Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ac3e8837f0ba6f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.2 KB Authoring application: QPDF
MD5: 3429905cc7f306224aec96da5078b66d SHA-1: 15597ee13f54636979b7c0752626be80eb3dc956 SHA-256: 9ac3e8837f0ba6f0aab27c528730deb333ca6f5d14e07075a32c57f0915be85e
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of external links to other PDF files, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0' further supports a phishing or malicious distribution intent. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious activity.

Heuristics 4

  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.TtraffRobotInstall-7605656-0
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://sourceenergyrecords.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/130272340/wepakisoduxifazejaw.pdf
    • http://precisionskitune.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739640/6959589.pdf
    • http://masstechlaw.net/uploads/1/3/0/6/130620910/luxepajidixebo.pdf
    • http://dogtalephoto.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739169/6fc92701.pdf
    • http://mscgis.net/uploads/1/3/0/2/130272426/7949dc0.pdf
    • http://sanddollarsurfcompany.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738716/ea528.pdf
    • http://www.susenrumposch.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130621048/kedeledijuzubija.pdf
    • http://nlccpsw.org/uploads/1/3/0/5/130539935/tesipiluvadisep.pdf
    • http://petfaqs.net/uploads/1/3/0/8/130814462/vafazepezize.pdf
    • http://schoolviews.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130588437/b0723d3d5cb.pdf
    • http://bakingwithlisey.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130588267/2337565.pdf
    • http://alxconstruction.net/uploads/1/3/0/7/130738554/zoxiza.pdf
    • http://yukonschools.ca/uploads/1/3/0/6/130603861/1419378.pdf
    • http://msmohp.org/uploads/1/3/0/4/130476525/bezevelanisem-pajogale-kezedakuvovu.pdf
    • http://lancasterec.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739265/130739265.html#learn2serve+food+handlers+answers

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00002ff8.bin
0d2181de8d483f734ba0dbe4dc0e339e1b0038f1d1f7047cadb0cfa3ecb48f67
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2FF8 9320 bytes